Kanzaki Fudosan's main store in Shinjuku is a three-story building, two streets across from the station.
The first floor is the store, and the second floor and above are offices. When Shinichi Iwahashi walked in, there were three or four customers in the store who were consulting, and each had staff to deal with them. It seemed that there were enough manpower.
Shinichi Iwahashi walked to the service desk, and the receptionist greeted him enthusiastically.
"Welcome, do you have any needs?"
Iwahashi Shinichi said that he had an appointment with the clerk named Imai in the store. The receptionist kindly called him. Not long after, a young man came down from the second floor and greeted him with a smile, "Iwahashi-san? You
OK, I’m Imai.”
Although he entrusted many real estate agencies in Tokyo to find such an ideal piece of land, in the end it was Terahashi who was more capable and called him to tell him that the land had been secured.
"It's a house at the main store, and the land is also located in the Shinjuku area, so I passed the matter to a colleague named Imai at the main store." Terahashi told Shinichi Iwahashi on the phone.
Sitting across from each other at the reception desk, Imai introduced the land to Shinichi Iwahashi, "...it's less than five square meters. The whole street is full of old buildings, and the ownership of the land is very scattered. This land used to be a cigarette shop.
, the shop owner just died of illness not long ago, and relatives inherited the property, but the land is so small, and the neighbors have no expansion plans, so it is almost useless, so I entrusted it to this place."
Iwahashi Shin nodded while listening, but he didn't care much in his heart.
For such a small piece of land, there is no second option for him besides a mortgage loan, so all he cares about is how much money he has to pay.
"Although it is a land with a building, because the building is too old, even if you want to do something on it, the first thing is to demolish the old building first, so this will actually reduce the value of the land.
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"But even so, according to the client's wishes and the current market situation..." Imai took the calculator on the table.
Iwahashi Shinichi said at the right time, "I will buy this land in the name of the company."
"Really?" Imai pressed it a few times and handed it over, "Then, including all taxes and fees, it costs three million yen."
The current average land price in the neighborhood where this land belongs is 1.9 million yen per square meter.
If it weren't for the fact that the land was messy and scattered, the price would rise even faster. Even if a real estate tycoon came to buy this land and develop it intensively, it would be a big trouble just to solve the messy land ownership.
As long as there is a lion family asking for a huge amount of compensation, there will be a big linkage to raise prices together. Whether it is sending people to the door to negotiate or borrowing the power of extremists to intimidate if the negotiation fails, the cost will be greatly increased.
Shinichi Iwahashi checked to see if he could use a knife, and when he found out that he couldn't, he was fine with it. He agreed to buy the land on the spot. Imai asked him if he wanted to go and take a look. He thought for a while and just asked: "Are the neighbors there?"
What does it do?”
"On one side is the drug store and on the other side is the grocery store."
That means there are no stores that have the possibility of expansion. Iwahashi Shin nodded, "Let's just decide."
The next day, Shinichi Iwahashi brought the necessary information and came to Kanzaki Real Estate again. The contract was signed in the office upstairs. After arriving, Imai led Shinichi Iwahashi up to the second floor and quickly got the prepared signing document.
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Iwahashi Shinichi took the contract and read it carefully, while Imai was doing the necessary explanations.
Imai handed over the pen. He had just written a few strokes, but the ink became lighter and lighter. Before he could finish signing the first name, he could no longer write.
"I'm really sorry." Imai leaned forward repeatedly and took the pen back from his hand, "...I'll get a new one for you right away."
Just as he was about to get up, the receptionist brought coffee and said, "Please use it."
When Imai saw her, he sat down again and called to the female staff member, "Kamoike-san."
"Do you have any instructions? Imai-san."
The female staff member named Puchi bowed and spoke softly, giving people the first impression of being well-educated.
She wore the popular style of loose air bangs on her forehead, and her long hair draped over her shoulders, but she didn't dye her hair or perm it.
She is tall and has a well-proportioned frame. Although she is wearing the uniform skirt worn by the reception ladies at Kanzaki Real Estate, it somehow makes people feel that she would look more decent in slim-fitting trousers.
"Does Kamai-san have a pen with him now?" Imai's tone was a bit troubled, "I was signing a house purchase contract with this gentleman, but unfortunately the pen suddenly stopped producing ink... It's strange to say that I had just typed it not long ago.
Ink.”
"Fountain pens sometimes behave like this." Shinichi Iwahashi smoothed things over.
After listening to Imai's words, the female staff member surnamed Kamai took off the pen pinned to the breast pocket of her uniform and handed it over with both hands, "Yes, please use it."
Imai took it, pushed off the cap of the pen and handed it all to Shinichi Iwahashi, "I'm really sorry, Iwahashi-san, please continue now."
"Thank you." Shinichi Iwahashi took the pen and, under Imai's guidance, wrote every blank that he needed to fill.
While they were filling out the contract, the female employee named Puchi stood quietly and waited. After signing the last word, Imai breathed a sigh of relief and said, "That's all. Thank you."
Shinichi Iwahashi closed the cap of his pen, "I will continue to ask you for the transfer registration and other related matters, Imai-san."
"Don't worry, this is your duty."
Iwahashi Shinichi smiled politely, raised his head and looked at the female staff member, raised his hand and gestured to hand the pen to her, "Thank you too, it was a big help."
"No...it's nothing. You're too polite." The female staff member took the pen back with both hands and pinned it back on her breast pocket. Iwahashi Shin glanced at her work nameplate. In the name column, there were four words, Sachiko Kamaike.
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"Your surname is quite rare." Iwahashi Shinichi said casually.
"Hey?!" The female staff member named Kamaike Sachiko seemed startled by his sudden conversation.
Imai smiled heartily at the side and continued: "Indeed. This surname reminds people of the Kamaike clan of Chikugo Province. Therefore, when Kamai-san first joined the company, we all thought that she was related to Matsuda Seiko-san.
What does it matter?"
Matsuda Seiko's hometown is the ancient Chikugo Province, and her real name is Kamaike Noriko.
It's Noriko, Sachiko, and such a rare surname. It's not surprising that they would guess that they are relatives.
"However, this Kamachi-san is a genuine Kanagawa native...right, Kamachi-san?"
"Yes." Kamai Sachiko nodded lightly, "When I was studying, people often asked me this. However, I am indeed a native of Kanagawa."
"Actually, when it comes to surnames, yours is quite strange." Imai said with a smile, "You are the first person I have ever met with the surname Iwahashi."
